You know how sometimes people LURVE this one thing and you just don't? That's me with podcasts. It's been this way for years and I could not figure out what my problem is. WHY can't I like podcasts? So many things I'm interested have podcasts. People I respect have podcasts. I could learn things from podcasts. I don't mean like true crime type of podcasts, but something like Adulting or Stuff Mom Never Told You or We Can Do Hard Things or Scale and Bail.
I listened to 2 episodes of We Can Do Hard Things before I gave it up. I made it through 10 minutes of Scale and Bail before I switched to an audiobook. It's not a matter of attention span, I am interested in the subject matter, but...
I'm not interested in listening to a conversation I cannot participate in. I want to interact, I want to be part of the conversation. I want to ask questions. I want to explore something that isn't in the podcast. Also, I fucking hate ads/sponsored content. HHHAAAATTTEEE.
This doesn't just apply to podcasts, this also applies to talk radio and talk tv. You won't find me watching a TV show with people just sitting around a table chatting about whatever. I am overly-aggressive when it comes to radio stations that aren't playing music, worse if it's a commercial break (on every single channel I have programmed as a favorite).
If I can't be involved, I need to be entertained. Thus, how I consume media has become very intentional for me. If I can't interact, I need to be entertained, otherwise, I will find something that I can either interact with (my stupid game) or entertains me (an audiobook or particular streaming shows or Instagram reels (my weakness)).
Anyone else have this issue?
Just me? K, cool.